Tip for gloves and mittens.



No. 799,086. PATENTED SEPT. 12, 1905. J. G. DAVY. TIP FOR GLOVES AND MITTENS.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 30, 1905.

UNITED STATES PATENT oEEIoE.

JOHN G. DAVY, OF DEKALB, ILLINOIS.

TIP FOR GLOVES AND IVIITTENS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 12, 1905.

Application filed January 30.1905. Serial No. 243,181.

thereof. backs 7 by outside seams at 8 8.

glove, and 6 6 are the fronts of the fingers These fronts are secured to the The tips of the fingers are sewed together, as at 9, and on the front side of the seam at the tip is placed in Tips for Gloves and Mittens, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to the construction of gloves and mittens, and has been devised more especially for use in the manufacture of the kind of gloves and mittens which are used by rallroad men, brakemen, firemen, engineers, and other workmen by whom the gloves or mittens are subjected to most severe usage. This invention may, however, be used on any glove or mitten made with outside seams, and its utility is not limited to workmens gloves or mittens. It is most usefulin protecting the seam at the tips of the fingers, which are usually the first to'give out.

Various attempts have been made to render the seams at the tips durable, but hitherto without success.

My invention is intended to remedy this fault and to render the tips as durable as any other portion of the glove or mitten, and it may also be used with advantage in other portions of the seams of the gloves or mittens, and I accomplish this result by applying to the seam or seams, upon the front or inside thereof, a protecting-strip of leather or other suitable material. This strip is made narrow and is secured by the same thread which forms the seam, and it is also folded upon itself in such manner as to cover the thread.

The nature of the invention is fully disclosed in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is a side elevation of the inside or front of a glove provided with my invention. Fig. 2 is a section on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a transverse section of one of the lingers, and Fig. at is a View of a mitten provided with the invention.

In said drawings, 5 denotes the body of the the protecting-strip 10. This is united to the tip by the same line of sewing 9 which unites the front and back of the glove, and the strip is doubled upon itself in such manner that its free edge covers and protects the thread. The strip should be made of soft flexible leather or other suitable material. The free edge of the protecting-strip will be kept in proper position without any care upon the part of the user, because the natural tendency in use is to keep it in that position.

In the case of the mitten 11 the protectingstrip is extended over the tip and may extend down the side, as shown. .In the drawing of the mitten the thumb is turned down, so as to show the inner side of the thumb, which is provided with the protecting-strip on both sides as well as on its tip.

Obviously the invention may be used to advantage elsewhere than on the tips, both in gloves and mittens.

It will be noted that the seams to which the protecting-strip is applied are what is known among glove manufacturers as outside seams-that is to say, seams in which the edges of the leather are exposed on the outside of the glove instead of being turned inwardly, the latter construction forming what is commonly known as an inside seam.

I claim- The combination with the outside seam of a glove or mitten, of a protecting-strip secured by passing the thread of the seam through one side only thereof so the other side may be doubled over upon the thread.

JOHN G. DAVY.

WVitnesscs:

EDW. S. EVAR'IS, H. M. MUNDAY. 

